Alexander Grasshoff
Alexander Grasshoff (born December 10, 1928 in Boston , Massachusetts , † April 5, 2008 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American director who mainly turned documentary and television films.
Life
Alexander Grasshoff began his career in Hollywood in 1951, first in the postal department and then as a film editor for Paramount Studios . He made his debut as a director in 1960 with the independent film The Jailbreakers . He mainly worked for television in the 1960s. In 1967 he was nominated for the first time for an Oscar in the category "Best Documentary, Features" (with A Truly Big Family ), but Peter Watkins won the award . Two years later, Grasshoff was awarded the Oscar for Young Americans , but he had to give it back. It was realized too late that the film had been released too early to be entered for the 1969 Academy Awards .
In 1974 he was nominated one last time for Journey to the Outer Limits , a documentary for the National Geographic Society . He then shot a few episodes for the series The Coast of the Crooks , CHiPs and The Night Hunter .
In 1981 he made a 60-minute film about an American high school teacher who conducted an experiment on his students with a disastrous outcome. The wave is based on an experiment called The Third Wave that happened in 1967.
His last work was four episodes for ABC television's Junge Fatesale . In 2008 the filmmaker died of complications from a leg operation. He left behind his wife Madilyn Clark Grasshoff and two sisters.
Filmography
As a director
- 1960: Blue Beans - Cold Steel (The Jailbreakers)
- 1963: Hollywood and the Stars (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1965: National Geographic Specials (television documentary)
- 1966: Partly cheerful, partly cloudy (Love on a Rooftop) (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1966: The Really Big Family (Documentary)
- 1966: Destination Safety (TV documentary)
- 1967: Young Americans (documentary)
- 1972: Future Shock (documentary)
- 1972: Wacky Taxi
- 1973: Journey to the Outer Limits (Documentation)
- 1973–74: Toma (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1974: Crackle of Death (TV movie)
- 1974: Get Christie Love! (TV series)
- 1974: The Rookies (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1974: Detective Rockford - Just give us a call (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1974: Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1975: Adventures of the Country Road (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1975–76: The Crooks' Coast (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1977: the last dinosaur
- 1977: CHiPs (TV series)
- 1978: Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws
- 1981: The Wave (The Wave) (TV movie)
- 1982: Counterattack: Crime in America (TV documentary)
- 1982: Junge Schicksale (The Unforgivable Secret) (TV movie)
- 1982: Sometimes I Don't Love My Mother (Junge Schicksale, TV movie)
- 1984: Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (Young Fates, Movie made for TV)
- 1984: The Manhattan Soldiers of Fortune
- 1985: I Want to Go Home (Junge Schicksale, TV movie)
As a producer
- 1960: Blue Beans - Cold Steel (The Jailbreakers)
- 1963–64: Hollywood and the Stars (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1965: National Geographic Specials (television documentary)
- 1966: The Really Big Family (TV documentary)
- 1967: Young Americans (documentary)
- 1972: Future Shock (documentary)
- 1973: Journey to the Outer Limits (Documentation)
- 1978: Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (co-producer)
As a screenwriter
- 1960: Blue Beans - Cold Steel
- 1964: Hollywood and the Stars (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1967: Young Americans (documentary)
- 1972: Wacky Taxi
Web links
- Alex Grasshoff in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grasshoff, Alexander |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grashoff, Alex; Grasshoff, Ales; Grasshoff, Alex; Grassholf, Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boston |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 5, 2008 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |